Annie jenness miller



(No Model.)

A, J. MILLER. UNDERWAIST.

No. 494,300. Patnted Mar. 28,- 1893.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANNIE JENNESS MILLER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

U N DERWAIST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 494,300, dated March28, 1893.

Application filed May 24, 1892' Serial No. 434,155. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ANNIE J ENNESS MILLER, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, residing at New York. in the county of New York andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inWaists, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in waists of the class worn by women andchildren.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which,-

Figure l is an inside view of the waist as spread open. Fig. 2 is adetail View of the yoke piece. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the bust formpiece.

In the drawings A represents the yoke piece, cut out of a single pieceof cloth with the shoulder strap a entire. It has extensions 1), whichpass around under the arm where they are united by stitching. The frontextensions 0, of the yoke piece form a support to which the sidefacings, bust forms and other pieces hereinafter described are attached.The back extensions d form a like support for the other parts of thewaist. It will be understood that these yoke pieces are cut from asingle piece of cloth and as the shoulder strap is cut entire, it hasthe full strength of the cloth without any lap or transverse seam tocause insecurity or give discomfort to the wearer, the only seam beingunderneath the arm where no material pressure arises from it. The twoyoke pieces form the entire upper part of the garment and support thepieces constituting the lower part of the waist. On the front of thewaist are the side facings E, F, the upper ends of which are stitched tothe front extensions of the yoke pieces, the facing F being made largerthan the other for convenience in lacing and letting out. The bust formpieces are shown at G, H, and consist of two pieces, substantiallytriangular, the front edges being connected to the front facings whilethe tops are gathered and connected to the front extensions of the yoke,the opposite sides being connected to the other parts hereinafterdescribed. The remainder of the lower part of the front is composed ofthe bone pieces I and the bias pieces K. The upper ends of the bonepieces are connected to the bust form pieces, and the upper ends of thebias pieces are mainly supported by connection with the yoke pieces. Theback is formed of a pair of bone pieces M, M, a central piece N and twointermediate bias pieces 0, 0, all of these pieces being connected tothe yoke pieces. The central piece N is cut pointed and connected withboth yoke pieces. The yoke pieces are provided with any.suit ablereinforcement. The central back piece N may also be provided with bonepockets.

I claim As a new article of manufacture; a waist consisting of a yokemade up of two single pieces each having extensions 1) passing under thearm, and extensions 0 d, the lower part of the waist being supportedtherefrom and co mprising a central piece N conforming to the contour ofthe yoke pieces to which it is connected, bias and bone pieces on eachside of the central piece N, facing strips, and bust form piecesgathered at their connection with the yoke pieces and connected to thefacing strips and bone pieces, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANNIE JENNESS MILLER. Witnesses:

CONRAD MILLER, H. L. HosKINsoN.

